The momentum that autonomous vehicle technology had enjoyed the last few years recently took a hit when a woman in Tempe, Arizona, was struck and killed by a driverless vehicle. Much of the attention and many of the questions raised from the tragic event have fallen on planners and developers of the built environment.

Jack Werner founded A to Z Inspections in 2002 to do residential and commercial real estate inspections. With degrees in construction and finance, Werner developed a process to produce an inspection that educates the buyers about the property they are purchasing.

What started out seven years ago as a tornado summit has grown into a three-day, multidiscipline conference focused on many different disaster threats, including tornadoes, wildfires, hurricanes, floods, hail, and earthquakes.